Search Results: Authors starting with P from Carpetbagger Books, IOBA

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($4.00), rubbed at the surface and edges, some stains on the verso. Green buckram, some white stains at the top edge and back board, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, lightly stained at the back endpaper, clean otherwise. Packard's classic work on consumerism, media, and advertising.

New York: Farrar, Straus Giroux, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Near Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($27.00), bumped at the edges, a few small stains at the surface. Black paper on the boards, silver gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, former owner's name on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Winner of the National Book Award, this is Packer's work about seven Americans who each represent a part of the United States over the previous thirty years.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95), generally toned. Quarter grey cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The true first printing Packer's debut story collection, featuring her much anthologized story "Brownies.

New York: Random House, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($20.00), lightly toned at the top edge, closed tear at the top of the front spine fold, small chip at the foot of the spine. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board. Square, bound with reading wear, a stain at the top edge. Pakenham's comprehensive history of the war based on "first-hand but largely unpublished sources.

New York: Doubleday, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Near Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95), faintly rubbed at the edges. Quarter black cloth with black paper on the boards, a few spots of discoloration. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Palahniuk's novel written as an oral biography of serial killer Buster "Rant" Casey.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in an about Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95), bumped at the edges, creased at the price on the front flap. Green cloth on the boards, pushed at the corners, with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, some writing on the rear endpaper, clean otherwise. One of Paley's early works, a collection of her stories written over the previous fifteen years.

Danbury: For Beginners Inc, 1995. Paperback. Near Fine. Reprint Edition. Near Fine. Wraps faintly bumped at the corners. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

Boulder: The Aspen Press, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. With a note on the author by Tom Schantz. Illustrations by Enid Schantz. Inscribed by Tom and Enid Schantz on the half-title. Very Good. Wraps faded at the spine, bumped at the top-right corner. Square and firmly bound with two staples, foxed at the top edge, clean internally. A collection of two Sherlockian pastiches by the inventor of Hildegarde Withers, together with Palmer's essay on how the pastiches came about.

Garden City: Crime Club / Doubleday Doran, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good, lacking the jacket. Black buckram , bumped at the edges, with orange ink lettering and designs on the spine. Square and firmly bound with a red top stain, clean internally. A locked-room murder mystery featuring Hildegarde Withers.

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine jacket, unclipped ($2.50), lightly toned and rubbed, a few small bumps. Black boards, rubbed at the bottom edge, with yellow ink lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, foxed at the edges and endpapers, signature of science fiction author Chad Oliver on the front endpaper, clean otherwise. Pangborn's International Fantasy Award-winning novel about a struggle between two Martians fighting to control the development of a boy genius in Massachusetts.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($27.50). Quarter black buckram with black paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The third book in Paolini's best-selling The Inheritance Cycle.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped (no price). Black paper on the boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first book in Paolini's The Inheritance Cycle.

Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1986. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Clean wraps, a bit of fading at the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue includes two poems by Raymond Carver.

Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1987. Paperback. Near Fine. About Fine. Clean wraps, a bit of fading at the spine, ripped mailing label on the front. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue includes work from James Dickey.

Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1985. Paperback. Fine. Near Fine. Clean wraps, faded at the spine. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue includes four poems by Raymond Carver.

Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1985. Paperback. Fine. Fine. Clean wraps, mailing sticker on the front. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. This issue includes three poems by Raymond Carver.

New York: Viking Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Good in a Good jacket, clipped, chipped at the top edge on the back panel, closed tear running two inches up from the foot of the spine and an inch from the head, general toning on the surface. Purple cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, blind stamped on the front board. Square and firmly bound, front endpaper removed, clean otherwise. An early collection of poetry from the Algonquin Round Table writer.

New York: Delacorte Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Parker on the title page. About Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($8.95). Quarter black buckram with dark grey paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, remaindered on the bottom edge, clean otherwise. The sixth Spenser novel.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Uncorrected Proof. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Inscribed by Parker on the half-title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($6.95). Black cloth with silver and red gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The third Spenser novel.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Parker on the title page. Fine in a Fine jacket, unclipped ($24.95). Quarter black buckram with brown paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The 6th Sunny Randall novel.